School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

Location:
Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Conaill
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    ache and put baking soda into it, it would cure it. A cure for scurvy is Kelp after it is made into Iodine. If a dog bit you, and then licked it the cut he gave you it would be cured. Carrigeen-Moss boiled and strained and the juice of it boiled again with milk on it is also a cure for a cold.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowbrickeen, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Address
    Carrowbrickeen, Co. Sligo